Cannon Farmers Qualify For Natural Disaster Assistance

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Tennessee as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began June 1, 2010, and continues.

One of the designated counties Warren County.

“President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe damage to a variety of vegetable crops including corn, soybeans, forage crops and tobacco, and prevented farmers from harvesting these crops,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “This action will provide help to hundreds of farmers who suffered significant production losses.”

Farmers and ranchers in Cannon County also qualify for natural disaster assistance because it is contiguous to Warren County.

All counties were designated natural disaster areas Nov. 16, 2010, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met.

Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.

USDA also has made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), which was approved as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the Emergency Conservation Program; Federal Crop Insurance; and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.

Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
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November 18, 2010 at 8:30am
Disaster Payments in Cannon County, Tennessee totaled $1.8 million from 1995-2009.

One may access list of names and amounts by going to ewg.org.
November 18, 2010 at 11:49am
How do you find it?
November 18, 2010 at 3:00pm
maddieg:

Google www.ewg.org

scroll down to farm subsidies
then 2010 farm subsidy data base
then to state and county--

here are the top ten:
Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available) Location Subtotal, Disaster Payments
1995-2009
1 Jimmy Bugg Woodbury, TN 37190 $100,737
2 Gerry Nokes Woodbury, TN 37190 $85,807
3 David Coppinger Morrison, TN 37357 $80,940
4 Tim George Morrison, TN 37357 $80,000
5 Harold Underwood Woodbury, TN 37190 $66,056
6 Bruce A Daniel Bradyville, TN 37026 $62,880
7 Huff & Puff Acres Inc ∗ Bradyville, TN 37026 $59,830
8 Jeff Wood Mc Minnville, TN 37110 $47,981
9 Jimmy H Fann Woodbury, TN 37190 $47,956
10 Charles D Powell Morrison, TN 37357 $41,862
11 Jimmy Higgins Woodbury, TN 37190 $34,552
12 Tonya Melton Smithville, TN 37166 $32,626
13 Joseph A Duke Woodbury, TN 37190 $30,501
14 Harry Lee Barnes Morrison, TN 37357 $29,621
15 Barker Farms ∗ Readyville, TN 37149 $27,485
16 Tim Underwood Woodbury, TN 37190 $26,429
17 Martin Daniel Bradyville, TN 37026 $20,224
18 David Franklin Bradyville, TN 37026 $19,278
19 James E Bean Jr Bradyville, TN 37026 $17,463
20 Orville Lewis Woodbury, TN 37190 $16,231
November 19, 2010 at 11:18am
hey dailyreader why don't you put your name and address online like you did everyone else.

Then we can all do research on you and see what kind of crap you have applied for and how you are living off the government too.

I guess you are too scared to put your real name and address out here for everyone to see aren't you.

COWARD!
November 20, 2010 at 9:18pm
Christy, this is all part of public record. Daily isn't giving out anything confidential. What is your problem?
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